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Games like Metal Storm

1991

You pilot a mech through a side-scrolling shooter with platforming sections, fighting your way into a runaway computer fortress. Its gravity-flipping and vertical shooting segments give it a distinctive, punishing feel.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Action-packed real-time combat
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Metal Storm special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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1998PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Metal Storm: good gunplay, a sci-fi setting and a demanding difficulty.

You blast through ten levels of alien-infested jungle as Ray, mixing run-and-gun shooting with jumping sections and a large arsenal of weapons. It is a relentless, old-school action shooter from the late PlayStation era.

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Shooting and gunplay

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Stargunner

Sci-fi setting

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Sci-fi setting

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Challenging difficulty

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Duke Nukem II

Sci-fi setting

A classic DOS platform shooter where Duke blasts his way through aliens and robots as a cocky action hero. Fast levels, hidden secrets and plenty of over-the-top attitude define the game.

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Sci-fi setting

A fast run-and-gun platformer where the orb-bodied VectorMan blasts and transforms his way through an abandoned research facility. Its pre-rendered 3D orb-model look was distinctive for the era.

CortexGear:AngryDroids

Sci-fi setting

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Challenging difficulty

An old-school, relentless run-and-gun shooter in the vein of 90s classics: as an elite cyborg you blast through aliens on a mysterious island. Fast action and steep challenge are the focus.

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